- Sales Rank: #334 in Home
- Color: Cherry
- Brand: Dr Infrared Heater
- Model: DR968
- Released on: 2012-02-09
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 16.00" h x
11.00" w x
13.00" l,
.0 pounds
Features
- Newly Engineered and Designed in USA with Advanced Dual Heating System. 1500W with High and Low Temperature Settings range 65 to 86 degrees.
- The Dr. HeaterTM advanced dual heating systems increase the heat transfer rate, and evenly heats your space up to 1,000 square feet, fast. The newly engineered heater produces 60% more heat than the other models in the market. Great supplemental heating source.
- Listed by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) USA ＆Canada that ensures highest safety standards. Perfectly safe around the children and pets with no exposed heating elements. Overheat Cut Off and Tip Over Protection System
- Manufactured by the same factory that supplies heaters to Sears and Home Depot
- Newly Engineered and Designed in USA with Advanced Dual Heating System. 1500W with High and Low Temperature Settings range 65 to 86 degrees.
- The Dr. HeaterTM advanced dual heating systems increase the heat transfer rate, and evenly heats your space up to 1,000 square feet, fast. The newly engineered heater produces 60% more heat than the other models in the market. Great supplemental heating source.
- Listed by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) USA ＆Canada that ensures highest safety standards. Perfectly safe around the children and pets with no exposed heating elements. Overheat Cut Off and Tip Over Protection System
- Manufactured by the same factory that supplies heaters to Sears and Home Depot
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Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
445 of 460 people found the following review helpful.
By Nathanael R. Siders
We bought this heater to use in our living room and kitchen/dining area. We have all baseboard heat and our heating bills are usually through the roof. This heater does a good job and we are very happy, but there are a few things to point out.1. It is a smaller heater than you might expect. It is half the price of an eden pure...but be advised that it's about half the size of the eden pure my parents have. That said, I think I'd rather have two of these than one eden pure that way I can space them out more.2. This thing won't heat a 1000 sq/ft area. We use it in a 250-300 sq/ft living room that has an opening to our kitchen dining room that is about 250 sq/ft. It will heat up the room and maintain when it is as cold as the 20's outside...colder than that and we need to use our baseboard w/ this heater to get it up to temp (in about 10 minutes mind you)...and then this heater will do a great job of maintaining that heat on it's own. We did this down to about 4-5 degrees(F) outside and it worked great.3. Haven't got a clue on heating bill, but it does draw some serious current. I have blown our breaker more than once by using this heater and our vacuum on the same outlet (always forget the heater is on...see 4)4. Heater is very quiet and you won't even realize the thing is on except for seeing the orange glow back inside of the heater.5. The wheels are awesome. We usually heat the living room for a few hours, then wheel it into the kitchen dining room for 20 minutes, then back for a couple hours.....super easy to do as you walk by and keeps both rooms at a comfy 71-74 degrees.Bottom line is it is a great heater. It is drawing a lot of current but probably not more than 2 baseboard heaters that we virtually don't use now.....which have their own breaker each. I'd recommend it highly as it really gives you the cozy feeling that you don't get with those heaters that heat the air....compared to this one that heats you and the objects in the room. You can really tell the difference.
2164 of 2465 people found the following review helpful.
By trapeze
...you need to invest a little time in thinking about 1) what it is you want it to do and, 2) coming to grips with what it is actually capable of.A lot of people buy this heater (24%) after looking at the EdenPure portable electric space heater. I am guessing that those who do are looking to save about fifty bucks over the cost of the EdenPure and believe (correctly) that it is a virtual replica of the EdenPure. And that would be just wonderful if the EdenPure portable electric space heater (and this one) lived up to the hype that surrounds it. The problem is neither one does...they are both being promoted with false premises.In fact, some claims are pure lies. Take this one: "Testing shows, the Dr. HeaterTM has 60% more heat output compared to most other heaters on the market." Ask yourself, what testing and compared to what heaters? You should be highly suspicious anytime a claim such as this is made without reference to the actual testing. Who did the testing? When was the testing done? What heaters were tested in comparison to this one? Odds are that there was never any testing done because the claim they are making is ridiculous. Here's why: Electric heat is electric heat no matter how you slice it or dice it. The only way that a 1500 watt electric heater can have 60% more heat output than "most other heaters on the market" is if "most other heaters" are rated at 938 watts. Period. End of story. It doesn't matter how the electric heat is produced or delivered, if the wattage rating is the same then the heat output is the same.The makers of this heater also throw around mysterious science sounding stuff like "PTC." So just what is PTC? It stands for positive temperature coefficient and that sounds pretty high tech, too, doesn't it? So what is it? It is a ceramic heating element that is designed to heat to a specific temperature and varies the wattage consumed in order to maintain that temperature. In other words, it's self regulating. That's actually a nice feature and a big improvement over the stupid light bulb in copper pipe design that is employed by the EdenPure. (EDIT: Oops, just noticed that Dr. Heater uses quartz light bulbs with a PTC element so they are nearly as dumb as EdenPure) But does it justify spending two hundred bucks (or more) on the Dr. Heater? Well that depends on what your heating goals are. Let's explore that a little more...First of all the only way that this heater (or the EdenPure) is going to save you any money at all on your utility bill is if you change your lifestyle. If you, like most of us, live in a house with multiple rooms then you need to realize that this heater is designed to heat ONE room. And, depending on the climate in your location, that might turn out to be a pretty small room. And while this is going on the rest of the house is going to be colder, maybe a lot colder. If you can make it through the winter living in one room in your house then this might be the heater for you. Most of us, however, move about the house from room to room and we enjoy doing so in relative comfort. A portable electric space heater (regardless of brand name) is not going to heat your entire house. And if you did put an electric space heater in enough rooms to make the house comfortable you would absolutely freak out when the electric bill comes due.Here is a little math to explain that:Let's say that you have a 10 cent per kilowatt utility rate. Let's also say that the heater is on 50% of the time. There are 720 hours in a thirty day month so that would be 360 hours for 50% operation. 1500 watts x 360 hours is 540 kilowatt hours. Multiply that against a ten cent rate and you get 54 bucks. Think about that for a second or two: 54 bucks to heat ONE room in your house for a month. And remember, that is assuming that it's only on for half the time. What if it's on for 2/3's of the time? Or 3/4's of the time? Yikes! Not good, campers, not good at all. And holy cow, what if you live in New England where it's cold AND the electric rate is over 15 cents a KWH? Double yikes! This is why (with the exception of heat pumps) electricity based heating is your worst heating value. Always has been and always will be.And if you do live in a place that gets really cold then this "heat one room" strategy could blow up in your face if it results in a frozen and broken water pipe in an area that you aren't heating properly. This could happen quite easily if the electric heater is in or near the same room that the whole house furnace thermostat is in.So what's the bottom line? First of all remember that electricity is (usually but not always...see below) a terrible value in terms of heating. Then also remember that the only thing that counts with electric heaters is the wattage. The biggest electric heater that you can plug into a standard wall receptacle will be rated at 1500 watts and they all produce the same heat regardless of bogus claims made to the contrary. That is basic science. Third, ask yourself if you really want to live this way: A prisoner to the warmth in ONE room of your house. If these things are okay with you (and if you insist on spending two hundred bucks or more for the same heat that can be had for fifty bucks or less) then go for it. Just don't expect this portable electric space heater to keep your whole house comfortable (it won't) while simultaneously saving you bucket loads of money. It just isn't going to happen.A better idea would be to invest some money in beefing up the insulation values in your home. Especially look at your floor. You would be surprised how many people live in a home (built over a ventilated crawl space) with an un-insulated floor. Take a look at sealing up cracks and crevices in exterior walls and around doors and windows where warm air leaks out and cold air can infiltrate. These fixes aren't particularly hard and after they are done they last forever. They aren't as sexy as magic electric heaters but they do work.EDIT/UPDATE: See my comment (dated 3-7-2013 on page 15 of the comments for this review) where I discuss yet another alternative to the overpriced "magical" electric space heater, the PTHP. If you want to spend big bucks on an electrically powered heater then this is THE way to go. It's more than 100% efficient. Seriously, it really is. Best value out there for this sort of thing.
49 of 53 people found the following review helpful.
By Maniac
First, I want to start off with some background as to why I made this purchase. My parents have two Edenpure heaters in their house. One is on the enclosed back porch and the other is in the family room in the basement. The heat coming out of them is mild and not extremely hot. You can barely hear them at all and they heat very evenly without peaks and valleys in temperature. Very nice!Obviously that played a factor in my searching for a supplemental heater for the baby's room for the upcoming winter. (I wanted something that would provide efficient supplemental, even heating, and be safe to touch with our baby.) I was sold on the Quarts infrared heaters with the steady heating and efficiecy. (like my parents have) I still am. BUT, this heater only has one infrared quartz tube. Many others have four to six. I didn't realize this until I read the book when this heater was delivered. There is a PTC heating element in this heater too. I knew that going in, but didn't understand what that was. In case you don't know what that is in layman terms, it is a highly efficient ceramic heater. It varies its own power to maintain a consistant temperature and will not get mind melting hot like those cheap ceramic heaters. I didn't find out what "PTC" was until an hour ago. I was really looking forward to the steady heat that the quartz heaters produce, but what I got was something different.Immediately after turning on the heater the temperature blowing out of this unit was hot. It was hot enough to burn my skin if held in front of it after seven to ten seconds. I have to admit at first I was impressed, but then realized that this was no typical quartz infrared heater and this wasn't what I was looking for in a heater. After reading I realized that I basically received an efficient ceramic heater. Very disappointing...Don't get me wrong, this heater works and works quickly. But, I am a little apprehensive having my baby crawling around the same room as this. The box doesn't get hot, but the air blowing out of it does... Very misleading and disappointing...With that said, there are nice features. You can set timer for how long you want the heater on. It has a low and a high speed. Also, you can set a thermostat so that when it gets cold, it will kick on and shut off.However the thermostat is not the best. It will kick on two degrees below the set point and shut off 4 degrees above the set point. For example, if you set the temperature to 68 degrees the thermostat will not engage until your room reaches 66 degrees. (-2 below the set mark) Once the room warms up, the heater will shut off at 72 degrees. (+4 above 68) So what you get is a room that the temperature varies quite a bit. So much for that steady heat...I don't know how efficient or inefficient it will be, but it is only a supplemental heater for my son's bedroom on the cold side of our house. So if you are looking for a heater that will heat up quickly with a few handy features this is nice. It might be one of the nicest, fancy, mostly ceramic heaters you can get...If you are looking for a nice quartz infrared heater that provides steady temperatures, blows mild heat, and won't burn your child or possibly your house if something flamable gets up against the fan for an extended time don't get this.
Dr Infrared Heater Quartz + PTC Infrared Portable Space Heater - 1500 Watt, UL Listed , Produces 60% More Heat with Advanced Dual Heating System.
In Stock! Go to STORE Now !13.00" l,
.0 pounds
Features
- Newly Engineered and Designed in USA with Advanced Dual Heating System. 1500W with High and Low Temperature Settings range 65 to 86 degrees.
- The Dr. HeaterTM advanced dual heating systems increase the heat transfer rate, and evenly heats your space up to 1,000 square feet, fast. The newly engineered heater produces 60% more heat than the other models in the market. Great supplemental heating source.
- Listed by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) USA ＆Canada that ensures highest safety standards. Perfectly safe around the children and pets with no exposed heating elements. Overheat Cut Off and Tip Over Protection System
- Manufactured by the same factory that supplies heaters to Sears and Home Depot
- Newly Engineered and Designed in USA with Advanced Dual Heating System. 1500W with High and Low Temperature Settings range 65 to 86 degrees.
- The Dr. HeaterTM advanced dual heating systems increase the heat transfer rate, and evenly heats your space up to 1,000 square feet, fast. The newly engineered heater produces 60% more heat than the other models in the market. Great supplemental heating source.
- Listed by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) USA ＆Canada that ensures highest safety standards. Perfectly safe around the children and pets with no exposed heating elements. Overheat Cut Off and Tip Over Protection System
- Manufactured by the same factory that supplies heaters to Sears and Home Depot
View larger
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
445 of 460 people found the following review helpful.
By Nathanael R. Siders
We bought this heater to use in our living room and kitchen/dining area. We have all baseboard heat and our heating bills are usually through the roof. This heater does a good job and we are very happy, but there are a few things to point out.1. It is a smaller heater than you might expect. It is half the price of an eden pure...but be advised that it's about half the size of the eden pure my parents have. That said, I think I'd rather have two of these than one eden pure that way I can space them out more.2. This thing won't heat a 1000 sq/ft area. We use it in a 250-300 sq/ft living room that has an opening to our kitchen dining room that is about 250 sq/ft. It will heat up the room and maintain when it is as cold as the 20's outside...colder than that and we need to use our baseboard w/ this heater to get it up to temp (in about 10 minutes mind you)...and then this heater will do a great job of maintaining that heat on it's own. We did this down to about 4-5 degrees(F) outside and it worked great.3. Haven't got a clue on heating bill, but it does draw some serious current. I have blown our breaker more than once by using this heater and our vacuum on the same outlet (always forget the heater is on...see 4)4. Heater is very quiet and you won't even realize the thing is on except for seeing the orange glow back inside of the heater.5. The wheels are awesome. We usually heat the living room for a few hours, then wheel it into the kitchen dining room for 20 minutes, then back for a couple hours.....super easy to do as you walk by and keeps both rooms at a comfy 71-74 degrees.Bottom line is it is a great heater. It is drawing a lot of current but probably not more than 2 baseboard heaters that we virtually don't use now.....which have their own breaker each. I'd recommend it highly as it really gives you the cozy feeling that you don't get with those heaters that heat the air....compared to this one that heats you and the objects in the room. You can really tell the difference.
2164 of 2465 people found the following review helpful.
By trapeze
...you need to invest a little time in thinking about 1) what it is you want it to do and, 2) coming to grips with what it is actually capable of.A lot of people buy this heater (24%) after looking at the EdenPure portable electric space heater. I am guessing that those who do are looking to save about fifty bucks over the cost of the EdenPure and believe (correctly) that it is a virtual replica of the EdenPure. And that would be just wonderful if the EdenPure portable electric space heater (and this one) lived up to the hype that surrounds it. The problem is neither one does...they are both being promoted with false premises.In fact, some claims are pure lies. Take this one: "Testing shows, the Dr. HeaterTM has 60% more heat output compared to most other heaters on the market." Ask yourself, what testing and compared to what heaters? You should be highly suspicious anytime a claim such as this is made without reference to the actual testing. Who did the testing? When was the testing done? What heaters were tested in comparison to this one? Odds are that there was never any testing done because the claim they are making is ridiculous. Here's why: Electric heat is electric heat no matter how you slice it or dice it. The only way that a 1500 watt electric heater can have 60% more heat output than "most other heaters on the market" is if "most other heaters" are rated at 938 watts. Period. End of story. It doesn't matter how the electric heat is produced or delivered, if the wattage rating is the same then the heat output is the same.The makers of this heater also throw around mysterious science sounding stuff like "PTC." So just what is PTC? It stands for positive temperature coefficient and that sounds pretty high tech, too, doesn't it? So what is it? It is a ceramic heating element that is designed to heat to a specific temperature and varies the wattage consumed in order to maintain that temperature. In other words, it's self regulating. That's actually a nice feature and a big improvement over the stupid light bulb in copper pipe design that is employed by the EdenPure. (EDIT: Oops, just noticed that Dr. Heater uses quartz light bulbs with a PTC element so they are nearly as dumb as EdenPure) But does it justify spending two hundred bucks (or more) on the Dr. Heater? Well that depends on what your heating goals are. Let's explore that a little more...First of all the only way that this heater (or the EdenPure) is going to save you any money at all on your utility bill is if you change your lifestyle. If you, like most of us, live in a house with multiple rooms then you need to realize that this heater is designed to heat ONE room. And, depending on the climate in your location, that might turn out to be a pretty small room. And while this is going on the rest of the house is going to be colder, maybe a lot colder. If you can make it through the winter living in one room in your house then this might be the heater for you. Most of us, however, move about the house from room to room and we enjoy doing so in relative comfort. A portable electric space heater (regardless of brand name) is not going to heat your entire house. And if you did put an electric space heater in enough rooms to make the house comfortable you would absolutely freak out when the electric bill comes due.Here is a little math to explain that:Let's say that you have a 10 cent per kilowatt utility rate. Let's also say that the heater is on 50% of the time. There are 720 hours in a thirty day month so that would be 360 hours for 50% operation. 1500 watts x 360 hours is 540 kilowatt hours. Multiply that against a ten cent rate and you get 54 bucks. Think about that for a second or two: 54 bucks to heat ONE room in your house for a month. And remember, that is assuming that it's only on for half the time. What if it's on for 2/3's of the time? Or 3/4's of the time? Yikes! Not good, campers, not good at all. And holy cow, what if you live in New England where it's cold AND the electric rate is over 15 cents a KWH? Double yikes! This is why (with the exception of heat pumps) electricity based heating is your worst heating value. Always has been and always will be.And if you do live in a place that gets really cold then this "heat one room" strategy could blow up in your face if it results in a frozen and broken water pipe in an area that you aren't heating properly. This could happen quite easily if the electric heater is in or near the same room that the whole house furnace thermostat is in.So what's the bottom line? First of all remember that electricity is (usually but not always...see below) a terrible value in terms of heating. Then also remember that the only thing that counts with electric heaters is the wattage. The biggest electric heater that you can plug into a standard wall receptacle will be rated at 1500 watts and they all produce the same heat regardless of bogus claims made to the contrary. That is basic science. Third, ask yourself if you really want to live this way: A prisoner to the warmth in ONE room of your house. If these things are okay with you (and if you insist on spending two hundred bucks or more for the same heat that can be had for fifty bucks or less) then go for it. Just don't expect this portable electric space heater to keep your whole house comfortable (it won't) while simultaneously saving you bucket loads of money. It just isn't going to happen.A better idea would be to invest some money in beefing up the insulation values in your home. Especially look at your floor. You would be surprised how many people live in a home (built over a ventilated crawl space) with an un-insulated floor. Take a look at sealing up cracks and crevices in exterior walls and around doors and windows where warm air leaks out and cold air can infiltrate. These fixes aren't particularly hard and after they are done they last forever. They aren't as sexy as magic electric heaters but they do work.EDIT/UPDATE: See my comment (dated 3-7-2013 on page 15 of the comments for this review) where I discuss yet another alternative to the overpriced "magical" electric space heater, the PTHP. If you want to spend big bucks on an electrically powered heater then this is THE way to go. It's more than 100% efficient. Seriously, it really is. Best value out there for this sort of thing.
49 of 53 people found the following review helpful.
By Maniac
First, I want to start off with some background as to why I made this purchase. My parents have two Edenpure heaters in their house. One is on the enclosed back porch and the other is in the family room in the basement. The heat coming out of them is mild and not extremely hot. You can barely hear them at all and they heat very evenly without peaks and valleys in temperature. Very nice!Obviously that played a factor in my searching for a supplemental heater for the baby's room for the upcoming winter. (I wanted something that would provide efficient supplemental, even heating, and be safe to touch with our baby.) I was sold on the Quarts infrared heaters with the steady heating and efficiecy. (like my parents have) I still am. BUT, this heater only has one infrared quartz tube. Many others have four to six. I didn't realize this until I read the book when this heater was delivered. There is a PTC heating element in this heater too. I knew that going in, but didn't understand what that was. In case you don't know what that is in layman terms, it is a highly efficient ceramic heater. It varies its own power to maintain a consistant temperature and will not get mind melting hot like those cheap ceramic heaters. I didn't find out what "PTC" was until an hour ago. I was really looking forward to the steady heat that the quartz heaters produce, but what I got was something different.Immediately after turning on the heater the temperature blowing out of this unit was hot. It was hot enough to burn my skin if held in front of it after seven to ten seconds. I have to admit at first I was impressed, but then realized that this was no typical quartz infrared heater and this wasn't what I was looking for in a heater. After reading I realized that I basically received an efficient ceramic heater. Very disappointing...Don't get me wrong, this heater works and works quickly. But, I am a little apprehensive having my baby crawling around the same room as this. The box doesn't get hot, but the air blowing out of it does... Very misleading and disappointing...With that said, there are nice features. You can set timer for how long you want the heater on. It has a low and a high speed. Also, you can set a thermostat so that when it gets cold, it will kick on and shut off.However the thermostat is not the best. It will kick on two degrees below the set point and shut off 4 degrees above the set point. For example, if you set the temperature to 68 degrees the thermostat will not engage until your room reaches 66 degrees. (-2 below the set mark) Once the room warms up, the heater will shut off at 72 degrees. (+4 above 68) So what you get is a room that the temperature varies quite a bit. So much for that steady heat...I don't know how efficient or inefficient it will be, but it is only a supplemental heater for my son's bedroom on the cold side of our house. So if you are looking for a heater that will heat up quickly with a few handy features this is nice. It might be one of the nicest, fancy, mostly ceramic heaters you can get...If you are looking for a nice quartz infrared heater that provides steady temperatures, blows mild heat, and won't burn your child or possibly your house if something flamable gets up against the fan for an extended time don't get this.
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Secure Space Heater
- Newly Engineered and Designed in USA with Advanced Dual Heating System. 1500W with High and Low Temperature Settings range 65 to 86 degrees.
- The Dr. HeaterTM advanced dual heating systems increase the heat transfer rate, and evenly heats your space up to 1,000 square feet, fast. The newly engineered heater produces 60% more heat than the other models in the market. Great supplemental heating source.
- Listed by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) USA ＆Canada that ensures highest safety standards. Perfectly safe around the children and pets with no exposed heating elements. Overheat Cut Off and Tip Over Protection System
- Manufactured by the same factory that supplies heaters to Sears and Home Depot
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